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Tractor to Flush Gas Caps
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Vortex Generators on a Sportsman
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Acme Aero Stinger Tailwheel Suspension in a GlaStar
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GAOA Gathering at Lakeland Florida
GlaStar & Sportsman
What to Expect When You’re Expecting… an Engine
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Magnetic Door Holder
Alaska to Oshkosh, Part 3
Seat Cushion for the Tall Aviator
Alaska to Oshkosh, Part 2
Alaska to Oshkosh
Titan Engine Discount for GAOA
Heavy Hauler
A New Water Rudder Design
Glasair Aviation Takes “COVID Pause”
Why We Build: Life with the Sportsman Couldn’t be Better
Tweaking a GlaStar/Sportsman Wing and Tail
Build Your Own Auxiliary Fuel Tanks
Advanced Aero G2 and G3 “Heritage” Kits Now Available
North to Alaska
GlaStar versus Sportsman: How do they really stack up?
Sportsman Nosewheel Lift
Fuel Tank Testing
Sportsman Nose Gear Bushing Inspection
Tow-Bar Rack
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Landings in a GlaStar Without That “Sinking Feeling”
On December 13th, 1994, Tom Hamilton (idea man extraordinaire, designer, and head of the design team for the GlaStar) handed me the keys to...
Maintenance
Float Rigging Design & Maintenance, Part 1
I learned a lot about my Carbon Fiber Glasair Sportsman by building it in the factory two-weeks-to-taxi (TWTT) program, where it was initially put...
GlaStar and Sportsman Aileron Construction Tips
How to & Builder Tips
Locating and Center-Punching Holes
How to & Builder Tips
Aileron Balancing Servo Tabs
How to & Builder Tips
Flap Gap Seals Reduce Stall Speed
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GLASAIR
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Maintenance
Glasair RG Service Alert: Hydraulic Actuator Washer
The Glasair Technical Support Desk was recently contacted by the builder of a flying Glasair II who had a hydraulic fluid leak around the...
How-to and Builder Tips
Modifying 180 HP Lower Cowl to Clear 200 HP Engine
Initial installation of the 200hp engine (slightly wider than 180 hp) in my Glasair-II resulted in contact between the heads of the two forward...
Rear Wing-Attach Bolt
How-to and Builder Tips
PMag Pirep
Maintenance
Glasair RG Inspection Alert: Landing Gear
Maintenance
Glasair Elevator Internal Arm Counterweight
How-to and Builder Tips
PEOPLE & PLACES
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Lifestyle
Third Time Across Australia
Sue and I have twice taken the GlaStar on flying safaris across Australia. In those trips we flew as tag-alongs with Stawell Aviation. This...
Flying to Alaska
Lifestyle
GlaStar Taildragger Trailer
How to & Builder Tips
Around the World in 59 Days
Flying
Denali From FL240
Lifestyle
Normal Takeoffs in a GlaStar
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Leading Edge Lights
How to & Builder Tips
Building a GlaStar—Presentation by Dave Prizio
Events
Sportsman Kits Available Again
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Making Cowl Bumps
How to & Builder Tips
GlaStar Nose Fork Modification for 5.00 x 5 Wheel and Tire
Mods
RESOURCES
Strength of Riveted Joints
Resources
SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers
Glasair
Merlin Specifications and Performance
Airplanes
History of Glasair Aviation
Resources
Paint Codes for Matching GlaStar Gelcoat
How to & Builder Tips
Glasair I, II, III Options & Accessories Catalog (Archive)
Glasair
GlaStar Assembly Sequence
Resources
Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching
Maintenance